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: one night on ^-j
. house?as plain m tb ^ ^
J? toA*?<x,"U< <37
'f**1* * hd with m man 0?Ga*'-- ?
to drop on the rail,
_ ilktuaftiil, * .
t droreby with the midnight mail.
it tin patent*. flteam rceerrSd.
for thore came a ' thud.' Jim
fireman, there in the cab with him,
' stared in the iaoe of Jim,. '
* * And says, 'What now?' N
- Saye Jim, ?What uou 1 ?
ju?t ran over a man?that'* how !'
? - ** ? "
' The fireman stared at Jim. They ran '
Back, but they never fourid house or man,?
Nary a ihadn* tflthta i mil4 K
Jim ton.v^pide bat he tried to smile?
Then oahe tore ? * :
? Ten miles or more,
In qniokor time than he'd made aforf~
Would you believe it!?the vary Act night
Up roe# that house in the moonlight white;
? Outcomes the ohap and drops as before.
? Dowft goes the-brakes, and the rest enoore?
;*? And so,-4n faot,
Each night that act
Oooorred, till folks sw?re Jim was craohed.
Humph! Le^me see ; it's a now, moot,
That I met 11b, eaat, and sa]***} 0ow's your
HF - ghoet ?' **rr
fGone,' says Jim; * and meia, ft's plain -
fghoet don t trouble mf again) ;SSf '
I thought 1 shook
That 0net vben.X took* J.
on an Eastern ?| HuH Ktok ^
What should I meet the ?nt trip out,
,5ut that sra^hou^JhsJ^lsJkM tffcfeti
And that self 'Well,' says I, \l
? guasa ?*&.? v--n-: -' < v
iy? toe to step this yer tofUshnasa.'
Bol<jh>wtoe<osi<ifciiJ: " *V
m
i !x-but fhar imu a man
I in tha*h?Mkd-*
2fow,T call that meannees Y 'w That's all Jim
?aald. ?" A. " -Beit Habte.
? -tilWflftlH8 THB cow<A*I>'
? " Will ytm bear that, Edward ?"
R' The '^oung man to whom lhia wan
f*i. addressed stood facing aDstiier person
about hill own age, on whose flashed
eountenanoe waft an expression of angry
<Lefianoe. The name of the petson was
Logan. A third prfiy, also a young
man, had asked the question, jost
given,Hn a tone of surprise and regret.
Before there was time for a response,
Logan said sharply, and in a voioeiof
. > stinging contempt?
You are a poor, mean ooward, Ed
ward Wilson I I repeat the words ; and
It there is a particle of manhood
F ' about you "
' - Logan passed for an instant, bnt
? quickly added :
* " You will resent the insult."
Why did he pause ? His words had
. aroused a feeling in the breast of Wil
eon.that instantly betrayed itself in his
V word " oqpard," in that in
-?*. . atarit,of time, wo\jUl navs More fittingly
/tpplfetf to James Logan. But, as
quickly as the flaah leaves the oloud,
[tiioklj frfSed-the indignant light
I the eyes of Edward Wilson. What
9 struggle agitated him for the
<1 i *
h#ve been fast friends, James,
>n, oalmly. " Bnt, *ven if
not ao, I will not atrike yon/'
on*re afraid." ^
not deny it. l have always
1 to de WM>ng."( ,
Oant and hvpo4*ay I" said
v ecrntem ptitfinsty. M
You^"inow me better tharv that,
James Uogan ; and I am sorry thatpin
| your resentment of an imagined wrong,
L yon should so far forget what is Just
to ny oharaoter aa to charge updta me
p anoh mean vices. I reject the Implied
a - alWtation aa false."
There was an honest indignation ia
f the manner of Wlleon, that tp did not
i ? attempt to repress.
" ?k> yon taibne a liar
?si on.
ing^a
about to alap the
Otr in the face** ^
The ayes of Wilson qnailed
was the smallest qnirer of a
perceptible^ From some ?msw tlf
corns* of Logan -wrffeotfeecutsik la
ving aWPT he assailed his
with words of deeper insult,
thas to saprnke aa assault
motion as if b
otflar in the f
was not to, be driven from
ia whiqljhc bad intrenched
, *k>lsft*s *>n him wMoaa I
"trt
SB
the
him down V
of WUeon. " jr ?
nor *h-y
^ shook his Jieacl
ft coward!" ex
ipefciently; and
^ direction
. V
he
on
with his
for several minutes. How<
much he Buffered in thsf iiMle ipaoe of
time we wOl not attempt to describe.
The straggle with his indignat im
pulses had been very severe. He was1
no ooward in heart. What was right
and humane he was every ready to do,;
even at the risk to himself of both
physical and mental suffering. Clearly
conscious was he of this, let the con
sciousness did not and oonld not pro
tect his feelings from the onjost and
stinging charge of bowaidloe so angrily
brought against him. In spite of his
better reasiir, he felt humiliated; and
there were moments when he half re
gretted the forbearance that saved the j
insolent Logan from punishment.
They were but moments of weakness ;
in the strength of s manly character he
was quickly himself sgain.
The oooaaion of thw misunderstand-1
ing is briefly told. Wilson made one
of a little pleasure party for a neigh
boring village, that was spending an
afternoon in a shady retreat on the
banks of a mill stream. There were
three or four young men and half a
dozen maidens ; and, as it happens on
such occasions, sqflp rivalries ware ex
cited among the former. These should
only have added piquancy to the merry
internoUMe of all parties, and would
hav?, none so, had not the impatient
it of Logan carried him a
>d feeling and a gen
_ tl
don, jet in no
ward Wilson made a remark
of Logan that irritated him
burned instantly on
replied with words of
so cutting, that all
nothing less than a
as his anawer to thjfc
a blow was his
He restrained the
~ more courage
? then turned off and marbh
ed slowly away.
His flushed and then paling face, his'
quivering lips snd unsteady eyes, left
on the min<ifi of all who witnessed the
acene an imnrearion somewhat unfavor
able. Partaking of the indignant ex
citement of the moment, many of these
present looked for the instant punish
ment for his unjustifiable insult. When,
therefore, they saw Wilson turn awaj
without* even ? defiant answer; and
heard the low, sneeringlv uttered word,
" Coward I" from the ups of Logan,
they felt that there was a craven spirit
about the young man. A. coward we
Instinctively despise; and jet, how
slow weare to elevate that higher moral
oourage which enables a man to brave
unjust Judgment, rather than to do
what he thinks to be wrong, above the
mere brute instinot whioh, in the mo
ment of excitement, forgets all phjsioal
consequences.
Am Edward Wilson walked awaj from
his companions he felt that he was re
garded as a coward. This was for him
a bitter trial, and the more so, beoause
there was one in that little group of
startled mai^sns for whose generous re
gard he would have sacrificed all but
honor.
It was, perhaps, half an hour after
Mil* fmpUaMnt occurrence, that Logan,
whose heart still horned with an unfor
giving .apirit, encountered Wilson nn
aer circumstance* that left liim free to
repeat his insulting language, without
disturbing the rest of the partj, who
were amnsing themselves at some dis
tanoe, and beyond the range of observa
tion. He did not succeed in obtaining
a personal enoonnter, as he had de
sired.
Edward Wilson had been for somo
time sitting alone with his unhappy
thoughts, when he was aroused bj sud
den ones of alarm, the tone of which
told his heart too plainly thai some im
minent danger impended. HpriiiRmR
to his feet he ian in the direction of
theories, and quickly saw the oause of
ejwlkmsnk Reoent heavy rains had
swollen the mountain stream, the tur
bid waters of whioh ware sweeping
down with great Telocity. Two young
gferls, who had been amusing themselves
? som#*dis|anoe above in a boat that
was attached to the ahore by a long
rope, had, through some accident, got
?.??** fastening loose, and were now
gliding down, far out in the current,
wfih a fesrhAly increasing Speed, to
ward ttie breast of a mllldam some hun
dreds of yard* below, from whioh the
water was thundering down a height ef
over twenty /est. Pale wifit terror, the
poor voung creatures wen stretching
out fhsfr head*, toward their oom
pant? ob the shore, and uttering
heart rending sries for SMOOC.
I * fasten t action was neoeeaary, or all
would be leek The Doeition ot the
young girls had been discovered while
they were yet some distance above, and
g to be another boat cm
danger of kflW oacri?l over the dam,
a^oSldjey one venture out hi thm boat,
IMMd% inevitable, that none of then
dated to etteount* the hasard. ,*?w
?gd wringing thai* haada.
and now urging-these a
shve their companions, stood
maidens of the p?%?B the
Wilao? dashed through _
springing into the boat, cried
is losi/*" J-*0?*? ' Take an oar; or all
Bat, instead of this, Logea stepped
book s pace or two from the boat, while
lUoMBMwle with IMS. Not
shore, an
the moment __ iruia.
high, on selfish purpose, ha dsahed
the boat oat into the current, and,bend
ing to the oars, took a direotion at an
enple with the other boat, toward the
point where the water was sweeping
oyer the dam. At every stroke the light
skiff sprang forward a down feet, and
eearoely half a minnte elapeed ere Wil
son was beside the other boat.
Both were now within twenty yards
of the fall, and the water was nnsrfns
them down with a Telocity that a strong
rower, with every advantage on his
side, could scarcely hare contended
egainst successfully. To transfer the
frightened girls from one boat to the |
other, in the few moments of time left
ere the down-sweeping oarrent would
beer their frail vessel to the edge of the
daai, and still to retain an advantage,*
was, for Wilson, impossible. To let his
own host go and manage theirs he saw
to bo equally impossible.
A>ry #f despair reached the ycung
man's ears as the oqgs dropped from his
grasp into the water. It waa evident to
the spectators of the fearful scene that'
that he had lost his presence of n
and that now all was over. Not so, 1
ever. In the next moment he
sprung into the water, which, nesl
breast of the dam, was not m<m th*n
two feet deep. As ha did ao. he
the other boat, and bracing
firmly against the rafting ourrenfc held i
it poised a few yards froes the psont
where the foam-ereatod waters JeaAd
into the whirlpool b?low. At tit* same
instant his own boa* shot like an arrow
over the dam. He had gained/how
ettts but a small 'advantage. It
quired Ms utmost atrength to keep the.
dr*wing
JXqn^7'OTn^-r^!'at ?
had been
EftSfaN , , ^ ,,L ,
onee did such a thought enl
heart. v -
"'Lie down olose to the bottom,^tie
said, in a quiok, hoarse voice.
The terror-stricken girls obeyed the
injunction instantly.
And now, with a coolness that was
wonderful under all circumstances,
Wilson moved the boat several yards >
away from the nearest shore, until he
reaehed a point where he knew the
water below the dam to be more ex
panded and free from rooks. Then
throwing his bodv suddenly against
the boat, and running . along
until he was within a few feet of
the dam, he sprang into it and passed
over with it. A moment or two the
light vessel, as it shot out into the air,
stood poised, and then went plunging
down.
The fearful plunge was made in
Bafety. The boat atruok the seething
waters below, and glanced out from the
whirlpool, bearing its living freight un
injured.
"Whioh was the. ooward?" The
words reached the earn of Logan, as he
gathered with the rest of the company,
around Wilson and the pale, trembling
girls he had so heroically ssved. Fair
lips asked the question. One maiden
had spoken to anothor, and in a louder
voice than was intended.
" Not Edward Wilson," said Logan,
as he stepped forward and grasped the
hand of him he had so wronged and in
salted. 41 Not Kdward Wilson ! He is
the noblest and the bravest I"
Wilson made an effort to reply. Bnt
he was for some moments too much ex
cited and exhausted to speak. At last,
he said,?
'* I only did what was right. May I
ever have oourage for that while I live."
Afterward he remarked, when alone
with Logan :
" It required a far greater exercise
of oourage to forbear when you
provoked and insulted me in the
Sreeenoe of those who expected retalia
on, than it did to risk my life at the
milldam."
There is a moral heroism that few
can appreciate. And it will ususlly be
found, that the morally brave man is
nuiokeet to lose the sense of personal
danger when others are in peril.
Ffwxltnc at Waahinrtea Parties.
A Wanhinflfton correspondent of the
Independent *ay? ; At 12 o'olook the
doors of the supper-room are opened,
and then the jam description.
Ton may take toot ohoiee to be poshed
or to pn*h. ana Jn either case to see
plates of oysters, salads and creams,
with threatening spoon* *>d forks brist
ling through tjid-air, , tfing by jonr
nose, or swimming down or back. I
was nersr son that we were* not cirtt
iaed people till I oontemplated my*
ooftapatriot* in the Wa*lnptfton supper
room of a " festival ooossion." There
I hare seen dignitaries who the public
hare enough 'to eat at dome,
toward a supper tahU as a oan
do to hi* feast} and laBles
aa 'Meboate." with pikd-up
plates oi piohlas, salads, fruits sns
creams, oramm|ng at ? rate that would
make a perf edkTkaiithy woman sick
abM for a week. ^
_JS5
t "he was dis
" time-he
dren and
6m)rt8 vO ^0t tw w ,4 ? . _ ?
K Night MM OB land found them in the
itiwft tired?oh, haw* .tired I and
hungry. They wwe directed
John's chaffs^ The light Vas|
through the cfpen door, and in (
on 4 wooden beofcfc, the lflQU~ ?~
down with her crying babe. "She gath
ered it close to ?MTbesom,*ead several
times, when she thought no <od? pew
her, she slyly kissed its tear* away and
whispered to itJfiUft a mother's faith
that baby would oompr?hund and be
oomforted*.
It was Very late and very doubtful if
lodgings ooald be obtained at that
hour. The ohaig#?.#t a hotel for a sin
gle night would career the exgense of a
room for this little'Jamilv for an entire
week. Two gentlemen had called in to
witness the open&ons of the Guild an
howr before, and +bee? terfl volunteered-]
! sp'-great and rich as this, and ad place
where I cau lay my head." When she
1 grew oalmer and understood what was
being done for her she'burst into tears,
beooming hysterical and saying, "For
give me. I was aore distressed for
baby's sake, not mine." True woman
to the last. Surrounded by strangers,
drooping from fatigue and hunger, she
forgot all else but baby.
Captured and Abandoned Property
Fund.
In response to a resolution of inquiry,
the Secretary of the U. 8. Treasury
transmitted to the House of Represen
tatives a statement in regard totne cap
tured and abandoned property fund,
containing the following information :
The total amount of money covered into
the Treasury as the proceeds of the sales
of oapturea and abandoned property,
consisting almost entirely of ootton,
was $20,910,666. Of this amount there
have been paid to olaimants, under
awards of the Court of Otaims, $6,800,
468; under judgments of the United
States Oirout for New York, $27,029,
and under awards by the Secretary of
the Treasury undeT the act of May, 18,
1872, $97,734. The fund has also been
diminishxl by 25,000 expenses of collec
tion, leaving s balaaoe in the Treasury
of $14,410,479. There remsins unpaid
judgments of ttie Court of Claims
amounting to $1,884,011.
Oldest Fortification In America.
The Spaninh fort of San Jnan de
PinoB, now called Fort Marion, at St.
Anguatine, Fla., is the oldest fortifloa
tion on the Western continent still used
sh a plane of defense. It covers about
an acre of ground, and would aooom
modate a garrison of 1,000 men, with
100 guns. It was begun in 1630 and
oompleted in 1756, the Indians being
oorapelled to d6 the labor of building.
Over the entranoe is the Spanish ooat
of armn and tha name of the then Gov
ernor. the shief engineer of the works,
and the date of the completion of the
fort. In 1836 a dnngeon was discovered
by the oaring of a wall from above, and
iu it were two iron oages just large
enough to admit the body of a man,
and each contained a human skeleton.
Who the victims were there is no tradi
tion to tell. In one of tha dungeons
Oseeola was okained, previous to hin
removal to Fori Moultrie. The fort is
ow Karrinonod by an old sergeant.
I?
The Eptsoatle Attacking Men.
Tha Des Moines (Iowa) RegUtor re
rts thst a singular and fatal disease,
many of its symptoms not unlika the
episootio that was so severe among
horses last year, is now prevailing in the
vicinity of Hartford, Warren Oonnty,
that State. Tha parson attacked, it
says, has fe*s*, exeeesive nasal din
charge, violefkt- soughing, and oold sx
tr?miti?*. Several death* have already
occurred, and there la a'
of families afflicted, with
viofOM*. wWletha "
>le to find
ftbl* to find aar fcaca.
for the disease or toe
nidctable alarm If fUt,
lias are preparing toroov* ?**? until
the epid?m1cipSU?Cg^
| Gt
hitter
r to to many]
coadttkm in
I of a great aijjr. Be' dipt
I he ootild find & nonibhnofi of'
r, and lived on the imMfood,
midst of hts wretchedness a res
l?U formed that ifsvwr B% wore
possessed of flMuenongh, he would
build a reeting-plabe for those who were
aa poor end friendless es be wh then.
he w^Twiooessfal in bu&tees, and hr>
did not forget his youtfiful purpose* I
The result was the establishment ? few
years sg*?f "TheStreamers' Bhst,"in
Pearl -dtreet^. !few York. In this re
> treat those who find themselves and-1
' denly without employment and desti
tuts Of Mopmj will rewire a weleome, I
| and thCTnmmediste wants be relieved.1
[?wo substantial meals are furnished
reach day, warm batji-rooms are a
service %of applicants, and clean*
i fortablo bods are supplied- Wa
is done gratuitously twistolLreek,
all the arrangements enoouri^e peracbal
nestness and a sense of selfrrespeet. In
the "Beet" there is akwarm and oheer
i fol sitting-room* where are oonvenieooes
for writing, books, ana newspapers.
A-fter an early breakfast, those- who de
sire jo find employment stamina the
rifttftrtlsement* in the morningpapers,
and hasten to make early ^pphcation...
Bush ia the work of one man for the
homeless in Kfw York city. ?
m?eplar Gsfegfc f* the Laet st^e.
? water in - The MfXiioal Journal,
London, states that in oases pf whoop
ing oouglfYn the list stage, that is,*fter
the third week?he >as had one oanoe
M 1 L. _ 4 1Z .J J*
oi ui6 ButmgQii nqtna imnvonii pui
#$* gallon of water in sn open^^
savx- &?d
?' containing
' " ?
in abating
and after three or four data terminating
the malady, as to establish, beyond
doubt, the value of this mode of in- I
haling ammonia as a therapeutio agent I
in tranqnilizing the nervous system in I
the whooping oongh.
Not to be Sold.
Bishop George would never have his I
portrait taken. " If I were to," said I
he, " I would be engraved aed hnng in I
some good brother's parlor, and by-and-1
by the good brother would fail In buni-1
ness or die, and his effects would be
put up for publio sale, and the voluble I
auctioneer would oome across me in a
Eile of household trumpery, and, as hel
eld me suspended by thumb and fore
finger, he would crv, 1 Now, gentle
man, here's your ohanoe 1 your only
chancel perhAps your last ohanoe to
buy a bishop 1 Hew much am I bid for
a bishop f Twelve and a half cents for
a bishop t?Only a York shilling for a
Methodist bishop! Do 1 hear any
more? Going I g-o-i-ngl gone I Only
twelve and a half cents ?dog cheap?
for a Methodist bishop I' "
A Definition of ah Editor.
An editor iz a male being whose biz
ness iz to naviaate a nnze paper. He
writes editorials, grinds out poetry, in
sert* deths and wedding", sorts out
manuskripts, keeps a waste basket,
blows np the "devil," steals matter,
fltes other people's battles, sells hiz pa
per for a aoller and 50 oents a year,
takes white beans and apple saas for
pay, when he can get it, raizes a large
family, works 19 hours out ov every 24,
knows no Sunday, gits * damned hi
everybody, and onoe in a while whipt
bi sumboddy, lives poor, dies middle
aged and often broken-hearted, leaves
no money, iz rewarded for a life ov
toil with a short but free obituary puff
in the nnze paper*. Exchanges please
oopy. ___
Striped Spring Silks.
Even stripes of white with a color are
chosen for summer silks. A pretty
fashion cf making these is to have one I
deep bias shirred flounoe around the
skirt, or else two narrower ones. Let
the over-skirt have a sharp-pointed
apron of two sloped breadths, with a
seam down the middle, on which .are
four bows of bias silk; its three draped
full bsek breadths are square on the
sides, and the whole is edged by a bias
raffle, heeded by a band ctr duster of
upturned folds. The baeoue is nracfc
longer in front than behind, fa trimmed
with fringe or a ruffle, m the eost
sleeves have euflfc with a bias scarf tied
around them. If edicts collar and ruff
of the silk.
A N*w Aeawntr?A very powerful
agencv is brought to bear against the
sale ol liquor inOhio in a business way.
Binoe the movement against the liquor
setters btfan, th? receipt* of many of
the -wMMiks grtMM' have fallen off;
aaJthteta the sxplaaatic
instsnees families who an
movement:
their
?
W-*g9t-132
,of a
oountry.
Hbi' irtd6h
laftplioe
V*
Mr is. e**erytking
oeadauntil he gets
L
_ to make a basil* in the
five newspapers and a
,i CWIfor^lll killed himself
ia Legislature wouldn't
? j his nama. i
The Pfcrsians'say of noisy,-trnreason
able HOtT^Fhear the sound of-the
nulUfcma, butlaaa.no meaL? ?-wt .
Unoooked cabbaae or bgid- slaw is
than oooked**
it is hard fe> be
ThaGh of Monterey,
hare sown thfitJtar ton thousand acres
of A is all np and looMng
finely, -
A father in Wisconsin offered his boy
fl*w dollars to tsSre-* dose of oaator oil,
and then got a counterfeit bill off on
the boj^k^T^
York brides am introducing the -
?Condon fashion of wearing bonnets at
wie ceremony when it is performed in
church. ?
We trust that in their ardor to have
things exactly right theloeal politicians
will nevgr, never forget their beloved
oountary." ? ^ .
Napiaa a barber will shave, cut
hair, oomb, DjTish, black your boottfand
give you a dlgar?and call it square - for
^R^Oents. ? \ jj ^
~"The; letters and journal* of Lord
Maoaulay ace in the hands of -Lady Hoi- $
land and Mr. Trevelyan" with,* view to
frablioafcioa. ^ ?*
It is stated that Captain Williams,
* " *" ? Warner Mian- *
Jfaaflingtea-'.
traded ' ?
*
Louis Croesus, the late Jm.
H. Lucas, father-in-law of Senator Ha
ger, left'g7,000,000?rthis in addition to
82,000,000 which he gave his sons dur
ing his lifetime.
The reason an urchin gave for being
late at scncol was, that the boy in the
next hous<* was going to have adrer.sing
dowu with a bed-cord, and he wanted
to hear him howl.
' " Where did you learn wisdom ?" in
quired Diogenes of a man esteemed
wise. "From the blind, who always
try their path with a stick before they
venture to tregjjkon it 1"
Rev. Gent: "Bntyou really can have
no serious reason to wish to be parted
from your wife." Rustic: " Well, no
sir. I like my wife well enough, but
you see she don't please mother."
Little Rock, Ark., appears to ho a
little the hardest looality in the United
States. One of the papers of that city
has fifteen proclamations from tho
Governor offering rewards for murder
ers.
Mr. William Trotter, of Taylor Conn
ty, Kentucky, has fallen heir to half a
million dollars, bequeathed by an aunt
in England. Before his good luck
overtook him he used to bo Old Bill
Trotter.
Rev. Seth A. Clark, an itinerant
preaoher of Kansas, carries his church
with him. Itconsipts of a canvas capa
ble of covering seven hundred persons,
and is transported on a wagon drawn by
two mules.
. Lester Wallack objects to paint and
oosmetics, as actresses use em, and
savs every time he has to catch a faint
ing lady, or embraoe a mother, swoet
heart or sister, he makes up his mind
to the ruin of a ooat.
It was a brilliant Fond du Lac bojf
who, seeing a dog with a muzzle on for
the first time, exolaimed: "Mamma,
mamma, I bet five oants tho dogs are
Soing to wear hoop skirts; there goes a
og with one on his nose."
It in rumored in London and Paris
that the Prinoe Imperial will eater
France immediacy on attaining
majority, whieh is at hand, there
no ground on which his admission to*
the oountry eould be denied.
One of the library servants
don club, bsing out of fnn^,
one nignt and wrote notes on
stamped papar to prominent
about the city, requesting ^
signing the name of the tr<
got over j??0, and, subsequ
ydars ia Jkil.
ng lady has the letlftfe
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